adj
Meaning 1
Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
light-tight
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lītʹtīt
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
not penetrable by light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lightproof containers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lightproof
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From light (noun) + tight (adjective).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: непрозра́чен (neprozráčen) — light-tight
- Danish: lystæt — light-tight
- Dutch: lichtdicht — light-tight
- German: lichtdicht — light-tight
- Norwegian Bokmål: lystett — light-tight
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ljostett — light-tight
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lystett — light-tight
- Swedish: ljustät — light-tight